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Topic: Millefiori Glass Box ID??? (Read 334 times)

Pretty sure this is not considered a paperweight.Bought at an outdoor market today in Pickens South Carolina.Measures 4" or 10mm across, 2 1/2" or 6mm back, 2" or 5mm deep.Could not find anything similar on the w.w.w..Would like to find out any information one may know on this piece.Thank you,Tony

That is true, but many paperweight collectors would regard this as a "related object" (because of the millefiori) which in turn means that a wider audience could be interested.

As for a possible maker of this box, I would defer to someone like Anita, although I would suggest mid to later 20th century. The canes might be identifiable to a particular maker but canes from a few makers were used by many others - and some have been sold for use worldwide.

That eBay item has canes from Effetre (formerly Moretti) and those canes were certainly sold around the world to anyone who requested them. Unfortunately, the Effetre website that I have just looked at has a "Page not found" message for the "Millefiori" section.

So, we are still in the problem area of these boxes possibly being made in Murano or somewhere else entirely.